A couple operating a ransom racket from jail has been busted by Tangalle police.
A woman had demanded a ransom of one million rupees claiming that if the money was not received she would murder the person.
The Tangalle Police had obtained a court order and secured details of the bank accounts and found that the account belonged to a woman currently in prison over a narcotics offence while her husband is also imprisoned.
Their 20 year old daughter operating the account via an ATM card has also been arrested.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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